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AssigneeSeasonal Specialties, LLC
InventorsSteven Altamura, Christine Werner, Weng Yunbing, Chen YongTai
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A system and method of creating a steady ON and a special effects light effect from a bulb without providing any special wiring thereto. In one embodiment, the bulb contains an illumination element and a controller which produces the special effect in the element. By interrupting the flow of current to the controller periodically, the controller is initialized to its initial steady ON condition. A plurality of steady ON pulses at a high frequency will appear as a steady ON light, instead of pules, thereby producing a steady ON appearance without special wiring. When the current is allowed to flow continuously, the controller produces the special effect. A second embodiment uses parallel polarized light element which produce different effect when power is applied in opposite polarities, thereby providing two effects with no special wiring.
A system for switchably changing the function of a special function bulb controller to switch an illumination element between having visual appearance of steady-on and a visual appearance of a predetermined special visual function, comprising:
The system of claim 2 wherein said interruption frequency is at least sufficient to create the visual appearance in the illumination element of a steady on light.
A system for switchably converting a special effect lighting system to switch from a steady on light output to a special effect light output comprising:
The system of claim 15 wherein said first element illuminates when power is applied in either polarity.
A method of switchably changing the function of a special function bulb controller to switch an illumination element between having visual appearance of steady-on and a visual appearance of a predetermined special visual function, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.